PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO KSA IS SIGNIFICANT: DIPLOMAT SAYS

RIYADH, Feb. 23 (Saba) - Yemeni ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mohammed
al-Ahwal described on Tuesday the visit of President Ali Abdullah
Saleh to Saudi Arabia as significant.

He told Saba that the visit is considered important due to it came
after the President Saleh's decision of stopping the military
operations in the North-western area after al-Houthi acceptance of
the government's six conditions, he said.

It also precedes the meetings of the Yemeni-Saudi Coordination
Council set to be held next week.

The visit also goes before the meetings of technical team in charge
of following-up the implementation of the projects and the
development needs of Yemen in addition to the meetings of the
Yemeni-Gulf Technical Joint Committee that would be held next
Saturday, al-Ahwal added.

Al-Ahwal said that President Saleh would discuss with King Abdullah
bin Abdul-Aziz AL Saud of Saudi Arabia the brotherly relations and
mutual cooperation ties and means of enhancing them, as well as the
international and regional issues of common concerns.

He affirmed that Yemeni-Saudi relations are developing unremittingly
in various areas, appreciating the Saudi support for the Yemeni
development process.

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